Show old callior tima has moro made his annual round abo hour of alie old year aro fast fulling indicative of the reversal of the glass and tho beginning of a new year il has been customary for the older nations nati ors from timo immemorial to choso this time of all other in tho yo r for tho settlement and fori iv gnesa of old feuda to ok pon tho begin umi of a new year with a cleir record of otil towards no man and good will towards all as a sort of omen for their success in tha incoming year this custom in america gains but email credence upon tho whole tho pomplo of utah havo seen many ahinga during tho year now closing a wonderful page of history has bon arnod to their book of experiences instead of gaining they tho mormon lor tion havo lost confidence in tho rulers of akia mighty nation and na each succeeding acir rolls by it beema that confidence is becoming more and moro weak this people havo biad terrible things foisted upon daring under tho guise of law and surrounded by alie mantlo of authority they havo been hunted and hounded by many who it the real facts acro know naro not worthy to unloose tho of their shoos lut patiently and meekly they have suffered these ahinga to bi so now that all righteousness agh t be fully that nine that leveler of all distinctions ions and alie usurper of all usurpers usurp ers will after awhile introduce a period ot their deliverance ware and rumors of wars have visited the nations famine distress sorrow mourning disaster by sea and laud devastations by alood and air have all been assigned their places upon tho creat scroll and as car succeeds year it is evident eliat crime famine and destruction st continue to increase notwithstanding alie restrictions of alie law without the prophetic ayo of a daniel or C at A acab at will cover tho earth as tho waters do the mighty deep after that ho hose right it is to reign will reign with his cainas a thousand years in peace with all the trials par and congressional engineering tho saints may have to endure of which tho past has only been an index to tho future they remember that he wins who endures to the end wo chopo that tho blessings of peace comfort happiness and prosperity may reign in the bosoms and around tho households of the people and that they may prove worthy to be numbered among those who shall join with our savior in the cn joymon of that blessed new year of peace on earth good will to men |